Pocket optical dictionary : including pronunciation and definition of the words used in optometry and ophthalmology
 Catalogue Number: 4124 Pocket optical dictionary : including pronunciation and definition of the words used in optometry and ophthalmology Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Author: LEWIS James J Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1909 Edition: 3rd Edition, revised Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: USA Publisher/Manufacturer: not shown Description Of Item: Original red cloth, 234 pages, illustrated. Gilt lettering and page edges. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Signature of Vivian F Faull on title page. unnumbered black and white illustrations and diagrams in text. 150mm x 92mm x 12mm. Historical Significance: This book went to at least 9 editions. The museum also has the 6th, 7th and 9th editions.Later editions were titled with the word 'Ophthalmic' in place of 'Optical'. The author was a professor of optometry at the Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmology and Otology. This handbook was a useful dictionary and encyclopaedia for ophthalmic practitioners and gives a scope of the professions at that time. How Acquired: Donated by Karingal Optical Date Acquired: Jan 2022 Condition: Fair, covers damaged but binding firm Location: Archive office. Pamphlet and ephemera filing cabinet. Drawer 10 |